Proprietor Rev. Henry Morgan, Monksfield, Ardrahan. Agent Ambrose Burke, Esq., Carreen Croghwell. A portion let to 1 occypying tenant on a lease of 21 years at 27/1 per acre yearly rent. County Cess 2/11½ per acre. Tithe free. Size of farm 38 acres. Bog plenty. Ballylin River on the North boundary of this townland. Trout and Eel in this river. Monksfield House the seat of the Reverend Henry Morgan, built in 1788, is in this townland – office, house and gardens, an extensive demesne here about 13 statute miles in circumference with various kinds of trees. Authority Henry Casey, Steward, Monksfield.

Situation:

In the South West extremity of the parish of Killogilleen, Barony of Dunkellin and County Galway, North and South of a road leading from Gort to Loughrea.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:

A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169

Church records of births, deaths and marriages are available online at http://www.rootsireland.ie. To search these records you will need to know the 'church parish' rather than the 'civil parish'. (The civil parish is the pre-reformation parish and was frequently used as a unit of administration in the past.)

Monksfield is in the civil parish of Killogilleen.

Roman Catholic parishes:

This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.

Killora and Killogilleen

Church of Ireland parishes:

This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.

Killogilleen

In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

Information From The Landed Estates Database

Information from the Landed Estates Database. (This information will display in a new window.):

The following is a list of those houses in this townland which are discussed in the Landed Estates Database.